מֶלַח (melaḥ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning rag. It appears
2 times
in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4418).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1196a)
Root family 1196: מָלַחmālaḥ — I, tear away, dissipate. Occurs only in the Niphal, in Isa 51:6, שָׁמַיִם כֶאָשָׁן נִמְלָחוּ (šāmayim keʾāšān nimlāḥû) “the heavens will vanish like smoke” (niv)